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Fourth Call for Review and Finalization of UG E-Learning Courses under NAHEP Component 2 - "Investments in

ICAR Leadership in Agricultural Higher Education"

Introduction

Education Division undertakes planning, development, coordination, and quality assurance of higher agricultural education in the country, and thus, strives for maintaining and

upgrading quality and its relevance. E-Learning plays a key role in delivering the quality education in a scalable and flexible manner. It is a learning system based on formalised

teaching with the help of electronic resources. It is one of the most engaging ways to study today. Since the learning is conducted online, students can study at their own pace

and sometimes in their own time. It allows the teachers to reach out to a larger audience of students as compared to the traditional classroom where the number of students are

restricted. Thus, a large number of learners have access to learning.

Several UG level E-Course wise contents were developed in seven disciplines (viz. Agricultural Science; Fisheries Science; Dairy Science; Veterinary & Animal Husbandry;

Horticulture; Home Science and Agricultural Engineering). These were developed through partnerships and efforts of the components of the ICAR-Agricultural Universities

(AUs) System comprising State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), deemed to be universities (DUs), Central Agricultural University (CAU) and Central Universities (CUs) with

Agriculture Faculty at SAUs and other organisations under “National Agricultural Innovation Project”.

E-Learning portal under NAHEP, Indian Council of Agricultural Research provides 24x7 services for online access to all the teachers, students, and learners in the field of

agricultural education. The courses then created under NAIP will be upgraded as per Fifth Dean Committee report and some new UG courses will be created under the light of

NAHEP project funded by the World Bank.

Background

The mandate of ICAR/DARE includes promotion and coordination of education in agriculture, agro-forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, home science and allied sciences in

the country. ICAR, through series of efforts over years, brought about uniformity in norms and standards in academics, governance and finance management, quality and

relevance of education, and policies on human resource development in the country. ICAR is now embarking upon an ambitious step in further strengthening the National

Agricultural Education System in the country through National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) with financial assistance of the World Bank by investing on

infrastructure, competency, and commitment of faculty, and attracting talented students to agriculture.

The Project "Investments in ICAR Leadership in Agricultural Higher Education" is a Component-2 NAHEP project funded by the World Bank. It belongs to the main

priority area of strengthening of agricultural education system (ICAR and Agricultural Universities) in India. Implementing the E-Learning activity is one of its major activities.

Its major aim is to strengthen the Agricultural Higher Education in India.

The main objectives of E-Learning activity are:

Revision of existing UG e-courses/ creation of new courses

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Development of e-courses for Under Graduates, Masters and PhD courses

Deployment of e-courses on MOOC/LMS platform

During Oct-Dec 2019, First Open Call was conducted for inviting the applications for creation of e-content for PG Courses. Under the first call, we invited the applications

from permanent teaching faculty of 45 agricultural universities to create content for 144 PG courses.

Thereafter, Second Open Call was carried out in the month of May’2020 for the up-gradation (as per Fifth Dean Committee report) of already existing Under-Graduate e-

courses & creation of some new UG courses, where faculty from across the 74 agricultural universities in India were invited

In Continuation with First Open Call, we declared Third open call in the month of December’2020 for inviting the applications faculty from the 74 agricultural universities in

India, for leftover PG courses offered in call 1.

Fourth E-Learning Call

The Fourth Open Call is meant for inviting the applications from permanent teaching faculty at Agricultural Universities and ICAR deemed universities/ ICAR institutes with

at-least 5 years of experience in teaching/ research, for reviewing the Under-Graduate e-courses. In this Call, a few of the already created UG E-Courses as per fifth dean

committee will be reviewed and finalized. The open courses are mentioned in Annexure-VIA & VIB. The syllabus for the courses is as per the prescribed UG curricula and

syllabi of the Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi. Applications are invited online from permanent teaching faculty across AUs with at least 5 years of experience in

teaching/research to review Undergraduate courses from all Agricultural Universities and ICAR deemed universities. The Course Structure and format for reviewing the E-

Learning content and the Honorarium is given below. Interested faculty can apply online using E-Learning Portal.

Course Structure and Format to be used for Upgrading/Creating E-Course Content

1. Course Name, University/College Name, Department Name

2. Lecture-wise breakup of the Course. (Around 10-15 Lectures)

3. Lecture Structure:

Objectives of the Lecture in bullets (At least 2).

Glossary of terms: 5-10 definitions of the main terms used in each Lecture.

E-Lecture: E-Learning content of the Lecture containing the Text, Tables, and labelled Pictures (The content should be more in bulleted form or small

paragraphs rather than big paragraphs).

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Questions/Answers: At least5-10 Questions (MCQ's, True/False, Fill Ups, Long answer type and short answer type) with their options and correct answers.

(all the questionnaires are mandatory)

At least 1 Assignment from each Lecture.

A power point presentation for each Lecture of the course.

Animations/ Explanatory Video (if any)

4. Format:

1. The E-Learning content should be created in MS-Word, using the font style: Times New Roman.

2. Title of Course and Lectures should be Bold and in 14 pts font size.

3. The text should be written in 12 pts font size.

4. All topics under the Lecture should have a Bold Heading and a Section No. (1, 2, 3...)

5. Sub-sections should be numbered as 1.1, 1.1.1 etc.

Table.1: Honorarium and Time Duration

Total Honorarium Time Duration

Content Creator/ Reviser

Rs 15000 per Course 1 Month

Course Reviewer

Rs 15000 per Course 1 Month

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Annexure -VIA

List of old UG Courses to be reviewed in Fourth Call

B.Sc (Agriculture)

S.No Course

Role

1 Agricultural Finance & Cooperation Course Reviewer

2 Agricultural Marketing Trade and Prices Course Reviewer

3 Elementary Mathematics Course Reviewer

4 Livestock Production and Management Course Reviewer

5 Post-harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables Course Reviewer

6 Principles of Seed Technology Course Reviewer

B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering)

S.No Course Role

1 Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Course Reviewer

2 Dairy and Food Engineering Course Reviewer

3 Drainage Engineering Course Reviewer

4 Electrical Machines and Power Utilization Course Reviewer

5 Engineering Mathematics - I Course Reviewer

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S.No Course Role

6 Engineering Mathematics-II Course Reviewer

7 Food Packaging Technology Course Reviewer

8 Heat and Mass Transfer Course Reviewer

9 Machine Design Course Reviewer

10 Mechanics of Tillage and Traction Course Reviewer

B.Tech (Dairy Technology)

S.no Course Role

1 Cheese Technology Course Reviewer

2 Chemical Quality Assurance Course Reviewer

3 Communication Skills Course Reviewer

4 Dairy Engineering Course Reviewer

5 Dairy Process Engineering Course Reviewer

6 Fat Rich Dairy Products Course Reviewer

7 Food Engineering Course Reviewer

8 Food Technology-I Course Reviewer

9 Fundamentals of Microbiology Course Reviewer

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S.no Course Role

10 Heat & Mass Transfer Course Reviewer

11 Ice-cream & Frozen Deserts Course Reviewer

12 Instrumentation and Process Control Course Reviewer

13 Organic Chemistry Course Reviewer

14 Packaging of Dairy Products Course Reviewer

15 Starter Cultures and Fermented Milk Products Course Reviewer

B.Sc (Horticulture)

S.No Course

Role

1 Breeding of Fruit and Plantation Crops Course Reviewer

2 Diseases Of Vegetable, Ornamental And Spice Crops Course Reviewer

3 Fundamentals Of Entomology Course Reviewer

4 Fundamentals Of Extension Education Course Reviewer

5 Fundamentals Of Food Technology Course Reviewer

6 Fundamentals Of Horticulture Course Reviewer

7 Fundamentals Of Plant Pathology Course Reviewer

8 Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops Course Reviewer

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S.No Course

Role

9 Horti-Business Management Course Reviewer

10 Nematode Pests Of Horticultural Crops And Their Management Course Reviewer

11 Organic Farming Course Reviewer

12 Ornamental Horticulture Course Reviewer

13 Potato And Tuber Crops Course Reviewer

14 Principles of Plant Breeding Course Reviewer

15 Seed Production Of Vegetable, Tuber And Spice Crops Course Reviewer

16 Soil Fertility And Nutrient Management Course Reviewer

17 Spices And Condiments Course Reviewer

18 Temperate Fruit Crops Course Reviewer

19 Tropical and Subtropical Fruits Course Reviewer

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B.F.Sc (Fisheries)

S.No Course

Role

1 Fisheries Extension Education Course Reviewer

2 Freezing Technology Course Reviewer

3 Information And Communication Technology Course Reviewer

4 Principles Of Aquaculture Course Reviewer

5 Soil And Water Chemistry Course Reviewer

B.Sc (Home Science)

S.No Course Role

1 Community Nutrition Course Reviewer

2 Fashion Illustrations Course Reviewer

3 Food Standards And Quality Control Course Reviewer

4 Food Toxicology Course Reviewer

5 Housing And Space Management Course Reviewer

6 Instructional Video Production Course Reviewer

7 Introduction to Clinical Nutrition ~Clinical Nutrition Course Reviewer

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S.No Course Role

8 Project Management Course Reviewer

9 Public Relations And Social Marketing Course Reviewer

10 Women In Agriculture Course Reviewer

11 Community Nutrition Course Reviewer

12 Fashion Illustrations Course Reviewer

13 Food Standards and Quality Control Course Reviewer

Annexure -VIB

List of new UG Courses to be reviewed in Fourth Call

B.Sc (Agriculture)

S.No Courses Role

1. Farm Management, Production & Resource Economics Course Reviewer

2. Problematic Soils and Their Management Course Reviewer

3. Environmental Studies and Disaster Management Course Reviewer

4. Introduction to Forestry Course Reviewer

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S.No Courses Role

5. Food Safety and Standards Course Reviewer

6. Geoinformatics and Nanotechnology and Precision Farming Course Reviewer

B.F.Sc (Fisheries Science)

S.No Courses Role

1 Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity and Disaster Management Course Reviewer

2 Fish Canning Technology Course Reviewer

3 Quality Assurance of Fish and Fishery Products Course Reviewer

4 Navigation and Seamanship Course Reviewer

B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering)

S.No Courses Role

1 Theory of Machines Course Reviewer

2 Artificial Intelligence Course Reviewer

3 Bio-energy Systems: Design and Applications Course Reviewer

4 Plastic Applications in Agriculture Course Reviewer

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S.No Courses Role

5 Water Quality and Management Measures Course Reviewer

6 Mechatronics Course Reviewer

B.Sc (Home Science)

S.No Courses Role

1 Diffusion and Adoption of Homestead Technologies Course Reviewer

2 Textile Science and Fabric Care Course Reviewer

3 Techniques of Fabric Construction Course Reviewer

4 Food and Nutrition Policy and Agriculture Course Reviewer

B.Tech (Dairy Technology)

S.No Courses Role

1 Energy Conservation and Management Course Reviewer

2 ICT in Dairy Industry and Introduction to Operations Research Course Reviewer

3 Emerging Dairy Processing Technologies Course Reviewer

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B.Sc (Horticulture)

S.No Courses Role

1 Agro-meteorology and Climate Change Course Reviewer

B.Sc (Forestry)

S.No Courses Role

1 Wood Science and Technology Course Reviewer

2 Agroforestry Systems and Management Course Reviewer

3 Basic Mathematics Course Reviewer

4 Climate Science Course Reviewer

5 Dendrology Course Reviewer

6 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Course Reviewer

7 Forest Economics and Marketing Course Reviewer

8 Forest Management Course Reviewer

9 Forest Mensuration Course Reviewer

10 Forest Survey & Engineering Course Reviewer

11 Introduction to Agronomy and Horticulture Course Reviewer

12 Logging and Ergonomics Course Reviewer

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S.No Courses Role

13 Ornithology & Herpetology Course Reviewer

14 Plant Biochemistry Course Reviewer

15 Plantation Forestry Course Reviewer

16 Restoration Ecology Course Reviewer

17 Seed Technology & Nursery Management Course Reviewer

18 Soil Biology & Fertility Course Reviewer

19 Statistical Methods & Experimental Designs Course Reviewer

20 Theory and Practice of Silviculture Course Reviewer

21 Tree Improvement Course Reviewer

22 Wildlife Management Course Reviewer

23 Wood Anatomy Course Reviewer

24 Wood Products and Utilization Course Reviewer

B.Tech (Biotechnology)

S.No Courses Role

1 Animal Biotechnology Course Reviewer

2 Basic Genetics Course Reviewer

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S.No Courses Role

3 Basic Mathematics – I Course Reviewer

4 Basic Mathematics - II Course Reviewer

5 Basic Statistics Course Reviewer

6 Bioinformatics Tools and Biological Databases Course Reviewer

7 Cell Biology Course Reviewer

8 Classical and Molecular Cytogenetics Course Reviewer

9 Computational Biology Course Reviewer

10 Computational Methods for Data Analysis Course Reviewer

11 Enzymology and Enzyme Technologies Course Reviewer

12 Food Biotechnology Course Reviewer

13 Immunology Course Reviewer

14 Introductory Bioinformatics Course Reviewer

15 IPR, Biosafety and Bioethics Course Reviewer

16 Livestock Production and Management Course Reviewer

17 Microbial Biotechnology Course Reviewer

18 Microbial Genetics Course Reviewer

19 Microbiology Course Reviewer

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S.No Courses Role

20 Molecular Biology Course Reviewer

21 Molecular Breeding of Horticultural Crops and Forest Trees Course Reviewer

22 Molecular Diagnostics Course Reviewer

23 Molecular Marker Technology Course Reviewer

24 Pharmacogenomics Course Reviewer

25 Plant Physiology Course Reviewer

26 Plant Tissue Culture and its Applications Course Reviewer

27 Principles and Applications of Plant Genetic Transformation Course Reviewer

28 Production Technologies for Horticultural Crops Course Reviewer

29 Recombinant DNA Technology Course Reviewer

30 Structural Bioinformatics Course Reviewer